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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 03:56 PM Original message |
McQuery is NOT a "whistleblower," and deserves no legal protection. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. you make a very good point here. And Sandusky was no longer an employee of Penn State in 2002. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. scratch that about Sandusky, looks like he was recruiting for PSU until he |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. He had a moral obligation but no legal obligation under PA law. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Even given the scenario presented in the PA law, SOMEONE was supposed to go to the police. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Absolutely. And that's why the Grand Jury has indicted the higher-ups. n/t |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I have read that the highest official at PSU it was reported to also oversaw the campus police |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. However, if he received preferential treatment for getting his job because he kept quiet, |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Agreed. |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. You are exactly correct. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The problem is: what do you charge him with? |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's time to make mandatory reporting part of the law everywhere. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That will not impact this case, but I agree it needs to be done |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Absolutely. |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. My guess is he consulted with his personal atty first. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I bet you're right. That's why changing the law is important. n/t |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. AND he continued to associate with Sandusky in the years after witnessing the rape! |
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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hadn't seen your OP when I said the same thing on another post. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
14. I can't wrap my brain around the idea a person would see it going on and not step in to stop it. |
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